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�i -4- William Bowerman was present to report ,the minutes of the Planning Commission • meeting held July 16th. He indicated the Commission had unanimously recommended the Council grant the requested conditional use permit for the provision of body tanning services in connection with the beauty salon to be opened in August at 2906 Pentagon Drive. The petitioner, Robert Olin, was. present but did not speak and there were no objections to the proposal - raised during the Council 's considera- tion of the request. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Ranallo to grant a conditional use permit to Rober.t' W. Olin, 742 Buchanan Street N.E. , Minneapolis under the City Ordinance amendment which would allow the operation of bondy sun tanning facilities in conjunction with the Hair Solution Beauty Shop at 2906 Pentagon Drive, subject to annual review of the permit and to the facility meeting all applicable City, State, and Federal codes. In granting the permit, the Council finds, as did the Planning Commission, that: 1 . No one had appeared at either the July 16th Commission hearing or the July 23rd Council consideration or contacted staff prior to either meeting to object to the permit; 2. The proposed service seems to fit in with other types of service in that commercial district; and 3. No problems or complaints about similar operations in St. Anthony had been reported. Motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Bowerman indicated that, although the Commission had wanted to let the Council know they wanted the final platting of the Johnson redevelopment project approved, at the same time, they wanted- to suggest that this might be a good time for the City to promote underground wiring for a redevelopment project as recom- mended in the Comprehensive Plan. The Commission representative indicated he agreed fully with Commissioner Jones' assessment that "with the addition of cable wiring to the heavy feeder Tines along Edward, this and other sections of the City had become very unsightly and permitting the continuation of the situation in front of a new development would be both 'obnoxious and ludicrous '". The Commissioner also=accepted Commi ssioner:Jones' .pereepti_on- that _the -City woul.dr.have some responsibility to protect future buyers'of -those lots from=having their_property--- dow_ngraded=i n this manner: The Manager' said he had, as requested by the Commission, contacted NSP to ascertain the exact cost of putting the existing lines underground and had been told that, if NSP did that for this block they would have to extend the underground wiring into the next block as well at a cost of $55,700 which NSP engineers,--;had indicated would not be cost effective for the utility company to do on their own at this time. Changing the lines would effect the service to the homes across the street, and Mr. Childs indicated, a public hearing would probably have to be held to convince them the improvements were necessary. The Manager also questioned whether property owners in other sections of the City would be too happy to have their tax dollars • used to provide these improvements for only a small portion of the City. Mr. Childs indicated the existing lines are strung on the telephone company poles and